Lesson 4: Create an

E-Commerce
Website & Sitemap
REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING AN E-
COMMERCE WEBSITE:

Domain Name
Hosting
SSL
Choosing the Right Domain Name

Short is better than long

Easy to remember
Easy to pronounce
Associated with your brand
Avoid special characters
Choosing the Right Domain Name

Short is better than long

Easy to remember
Easy to pronounce
Associated with your brand
Avoid special characters
Types of web hosting:

Shared hosting - you and other website

owners share one server.
Dedicated hosting - you have the entire web
server to yourself.
Reseller hosting -when a company utilizes the
resources of a parent web hosting company
and sells it as their own
Choose a theme that best suits your need.
You can change as the need arises. However,
always remember to delete themes you are
not using to save space and minimize risk.
 ALLOWS YOU TO:

Add products and services

Configure payment option
Configure shipping options
Configure customer communication
messages.
There are many plugins and themes
that can be used for free.
Only use tools that you can
search/find/install
insideWordPress. Do not
upload themes and plugins
found from external sites as
there is
When browsing plugins to
no guarantee on itsintegrity.
choose from, check when it was
last updated. Best to choose
those with the highest number
of users and/or most recently
updated.
SECURING YOUR WORDPRESS SITE

Configure it to
auto-update the
WordPress,
theme, and
plugin versions
SECURING YOUR WORDPRESS SITE

Install WP All-inOne
Migration or
WPBackup (or what
your instructor
recommends) to
help you back up
and recover.
SECURING YOUR WORDPRESS SITE

Install Wordfence
to have your site
regularly scanned
for version
changes, malware
detection, among
others.
PLANNING YOUR WEBSITE:

Before building a website, it is important to plan

the information flow or yourwebsite structure. A
credible website must have at least 40 pages.
For this program, we are asking you to at least
come up with 20 pages.
SITEMAP
Installing Worpdress